Ah the Hacienda...happy memories of a couple of nights out there, although at the time I was having too much of a good time to remember anything.
The manager was Tony Wilson, the man who managed to lose money on New Orders Blue Monday the best selling 12 inch of all time by making the cover of the disc more expensive than the sale price....mad!
A great time which seemed to start off with the music of Joy Division. For anyone interested in that period a good film to watch is 24 Hour party people, which is based on Wilsons life during that era, with Steve Coogan playing Wilson, and covering the time from Joy Division, to the closure of the Hacienda.
Sorry a bit off topic!